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If you’re a fan of Mr Caulkhead’s Isle of Wight Colloquialisms, then this event taking place on Sunday in Calbourne should be right up your street. Ed

Mr Caulkhead’s Isle of Wight Words came from William Henry Long’s Dictionary of Dialect that was first published in 1896.

Born to a Calbourne farming family in 1839, against their wishes, he pursued a literary career, eventually becoming a writer and antiquarian.

Hidden away at the back of his Dictionary of Dialect were fifty-five songs ‘collected from the mouths of the peasantry’.

Long’s folk songs released on CD
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Mr Caulkhead returns.

More Island words defined by the excellent series, Mr Caulkhead’s Isle of Wight colloquialism (background).

Maggotty: To be whimsical, crotchety or fond of experiments

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He’s back by popular demand and with a theme tune to boot.

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Zwingel: Name given to the part of the flail that falls upon the corn during threshing.

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This was Mr Caulkhead’s last entry back in March this year. Keep your eyes peeled for an interview with the man himself, coming ‘very’ soon on VB. (update: listen to interview)

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Harpun: Used to describe a person continually talking about the same subject.

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Squitters: The looseness in cattle

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Bizzum: Another name for a broom

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Shouto: Another name for a donkey

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Rongs: The word given to the steps of a ladder

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Crumpbacked : To be hunched over or to have a crooked back

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Skitterways: To be crooked or uneven

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Gooatish: To smell like a male goat

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Hugger-Mugger: To do anything carelessly or badly

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Dismolish: To destroy or break into pieces

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Drap In: To beat or strike someone

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Snawf: To extinguish a candle

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Slouchun: To walk in a lazy manner

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Nunchun: Food eaten between breakfast and lunch.

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Truckle: Another word for trundle

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Taffetty: To have a dainty appetite

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Midgemadge: To be confused

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Godzend: The name given to a shipwreck

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Linkister: Name given to a linguist or interpretor

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Druss: A slope or incline

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Flustration: To be frightened

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Bugle: The name given to a young or wild bull

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